Blog: DIY

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Gender inequality in music mirrors the challenges of streaming… as do its opportunities for change

Hanna Kahlert

20 Mar 2024

women in music

be the change

Streaming

It has never been easier to become a music artist, but it has never been harder to turn that into a long-term career. A hyper-saturated content environment means record levels of competition and decreasing...

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Welcome to the Age of the Artist

Mark Mulligan

27 Feb 2020

age of the artist

artist distribution

Artists

As it enters the third decade of the millennium, the recorded music business is in rude health. Revenues are about to enter the second half of a decade of annual growth, streaming is booming and investment...

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Independent Artists: The Age of Empowerment

Mark Mulligan

11 Jul 2019

Amuse

artist careers

Artist survey

MIDiA is proud to announce an exclusive new report in conjunction with Amuse – Independent Artists: The Age of Empowerment . The report is based on a global survey of independent artists that we conducted...

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PledgeMusic and Not-So-Glorious Failure

Mark Mulligan

10 May 2019

artists direct

Bandcamp

blackberry

Pioneering fan funding platform PledgeMusic is now officially over, having entered administration (i.e. Chapter 11) in the UK reportedly owing its artists around $1 million and with little expectation...

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2018 Global Label Market Share: Stream Engine

Mark Mulligan

13 Mar 2019

artists direct

DIY

DIY artists

Recorded music revenues grew in 2018 for the fourth consecutive year, reaching $18.8 billion, up $2.2 billion from 2017. Streaming was the engine room of growth, up 30% year on year to reach $9.6 billion....

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Welcome To The Post-DIY Era

Mark Mulligan

20 Mar 2017

ADA

Bandcamp

BandLab

I recently took part in the True Music Forum in Madrid, an event organized by Boiler Room. I was on a panel that explored whether DIY is now coming of age with a host of high profile artists, most of them...

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